Specialized Research Collections @ USC

The Special Collections department provides access to and preserves archival, historic, and primary source materials in its main areas of strength: Los Angeles regional history; American literature; Lion Feuchtwanger and the German émigré experience; natural history; Iberian, Latin American, and U.S. Hispanics studies, and USC history and the university’s intellectual life.

Guide to USC-owned archival collections containing materials related to 19th and 20th century American literature. Most of the people or organizations whose papers or records are held at USC either lived or worked at some point in California; many, specifically in Los Angeles.

Digitized images from USC special collections, as well as partner institutions, focusing on materials related to Los Angeles and the Southern California Region, the Western United States and the Pacific Rim.

Online Collections of Primary Sources

Includes more than 125,000 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, and thousands of full-text short stories, essays, speeches and plays.

LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary. A subject navigator provides more than 10,000 subject headings, and basic and advanced search modes allow users to search by keyword, author, subject, work title, work date, nationality, gender, timeline and more. International in scope, LitFinder covers all time periods and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including more than 125,000 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts, and thousands of full-text short stories, essays, speeches and plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs and a glossary.

This collection of primary source materials covers such topics as the Vietnam war, student protests, consumerism, music, fashion, etc. It includes the Social Protest Collection from UC Berkeley, a wide range of zines and alternative press publications, posters, and multimedia. The resource is provided by Adam Matthew.